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SALT LAKE CITY — A 41-year-old man is dead and a 61-year-old man has been arrested after an apparent hit-and-run early Friday, police said.
Gold Cross Ambulance found a man on the ground at 400 South and 200 East. Despite administering life-saving efforts, the man died, according to Salt Lake police.
"Evidence on scene suggests a car hit the man," police said. While searching the area, officers located the suspected vehicle and driver in the Trader Joe's parking lot on 400 South.
"The man reportedly attempted to leave again, but firefighters ordered him to stay and kept him at the scene until (police) officers arrived and took him into custody without incident," police said, adding that preliminary information suggests the driver may have been impaired at the time of the crash.
The driver, 61-year-old Steven Ray Weathers, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of automobile homicide, failure to remain at the scene of a crash involving a death and driving on a denied license.
No other information about the victim was released and the incident is still being investigated.
